Bishop of the Devil

Purdue champion players such as Curry, Beasley and Lopez also came to watch the game tonight.

This can be regarded as a Purdue tradition. After winning the championship, the team will obtain Richard's team tickets from sponsors and then distribute them to the champion members.

Beasley looked relaxed. He is now considered the proudest moment in his life. He is the favorite to be the No. 1 pick and is guaranteed to be in the top three. There is no way he will fall out of the top three.

Such a starting point is destined to make his success rate several times higher than other players!

The Lopez brothers' draft prospects are also good at present. They are both top 15 picks, and they can have a bright future in the future.

As for Curry, he signed up for this year's draft. The draft prediction is not particularly good. ESPN's prediction is that he will be selected by the Suns with the 23rd overall pick.

However, Curry looks very relaxed now and is not depressed because his draft pick is too low. He knows very well that Richard will help him solve these problems.

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"Dududu!" The referee blew the whistle to start the Eastern Conference Finals, and Richard greeted the starting players to start.

In tonight's game, or in this series, Richard is prepared to beat Green Kai's point guard all the time.

After completing the intermediate god-making task, Paul's strength in the playoffs has improved a lot, and his advantage against the old aliens will become extremely huge.

And Rivers obviously had no way to defend against the Pirates. Before the All-Star Weekend, they also wanted to introduce a point guard player, but they did. The result was quite unsatisfactory, and the strength was too poor, not as good as the old aliens.

When Green Kai established the Big Three, they almost emptied the team. How can they buy decent point guards with the chips they have on hand now.

The inside line is also a shortcoming of Green Kai. An old guy like O'Neal who has been in the league for more than ten years will naturally not miss this advantage to open up the situation.

Two obvious shortcomings directly caused Green Kai to be in difficulty at the beginning, and was completely overwhelmed by the Pirates.

This Green Kai is a castrated version of Green Kai. Naturally, it is not as strong as the Big Three of Green Kai under normal circumstances. The main reason is that they lack Rondo at the point guard position and the defensive champion Tonya on the bench. Lun...

Tony Allen's defensive strength is unparalleled. Even an offensive lunatic like Kobe Bryant has admitted that Tony Allen is the best player to defend him.

Because of his height, he is not particularly effective at guarding small forwards, but guarding shooting guards is his specialty.

When Roy takes a rest, Tony Allen can come on the stage to restrict Ray Allen and prevent Ray Allen from chasing three points.

The Big Three of Green Kai are very clear that their bench lineup is completely incomparable with the Pirates. Maybe the strength of the Buccaneers' bench is 100, while the strength of their Green Kai bench is not even 60.

This forced the Big Three to stay on the court for a long time. Garnett and Pierce played almost the entire first quarter, and Ray Allen also played a full eleven minutes in the first quarter...

With such a long playing time, and the fact that all three of them are at the tail end of their prime, it's obvious that they are having a hard time playing.

Moreover, they had seven games with the Pistons and didn't get much rest time...

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By the time the game was over, the Big Three were exhausted and out of breath. Even so, they lost the game in the end.

The playing time of several starters of the Pirates was all limited to 35 minutes by Richard, because there are generals such as Rondo, Tony Allen, and Oden on the bench. Even if the starting players are replaced, it will not be enough for the Pirates. The strength on the field also has almost no impact.

Rivers sighed. When the Big Three were first formed, he had ambitions in his heart. He wanted to break Richard's myth...

But now the outcome of the game tells him that it is obviously unrealistic to defeat Richard just relying on the lineup of the Big Three.

Confusion and hesitation arose in his heart. How could he defeat Richard? !

He does know the way to strengthen the point guard and center, and then increase the depth and thickness of the bench...

But how can we do such a difficult thing? Where can they get a point guard of Paul's level, a center of O'Neal's level, and substitutes like Rondo and Oden? !

Difficult, even harder than climbing to the sky!

Rivers couldn't help but feel a little desperate. Even though they only lost one G1 game in the Eastern Conference Finals, the strength gap reflected in this game also made Rivers lose sight of the hope of advancing to the finals.

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In the next three games, the status of the Green Kai Big Three was worse than the last. They were really tired. They played more than 40 minutes in each game, coupled with their physical fitness from the previous tiebreaker with the Pistons. , did not fully recover, resulting in their failure to perform at their peak in these four games.

The last game was Green Kai's home court. The Pirates firmly held a 20-point advantage at the end of the third quarter, giving Green Kai no chance to counterattack.

After the game, Pierce looked lonely, and Richard could understand his current mood.

Not only Pierce, but Garnett and Ray Allen were also frowning at the moment, their eyes were dull, and they didn't know what they were thinking.

"Coach, congratulations, you have entered the finals." Pierce said to Richard with a wry smile.

Richard patted Pierce on the shoulder. It was actually not easy for these three veterans.

After missing the chance to win this year, the chance of winning next year will become even smaller...

If nothing else, these three veterans may become typical representatives of no championship in their career.

Richard didn't know what to say to comfort Pierce...

However, it is expected that a fighter like Pierce does not need comfort. After an offseason of adjustments, he will definitely be able to compete for the championship with full energy next season.

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Another sweep to advance, the Pirates swept their opponents to advance in all three rounds of the playoffs, showing their extremely terrifying combat power.

The current Western Conference finals are extremely anxious. Compared with the Spurs, the Lakers' lineup may be slightly better now, but they have not been able to gain any advantage over the Spurs. The two sides are currently tied with a big score of 2:2.

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Taking advantage of the Lakers' battle with the Spurs, the Pirates got a lot of rest time.

In the past few days, Richard began to think about the team lineup for next season.

Next season, that is, the 2008-09 season, the players who entered the league in 2005 are already in their fourth season, and the contracts of the first-round picks are also in their final year.

In the 2005 draft, Richard selected a total of three players, namely Paul, Granger and Gortat.

Gortat has been sold long ago, and Richard definitely does not need to consider him. As for Granger, because Richard has now sold Millsap, if Granger is sold again, the ball will The team's small forward position will face a situation where no one is available.

The only reliable small forward Richard could get in 2008 was Batum, but Batum's strength was far behind Granger or Millsap, and it was difficult to pick up the ball on his own. The important task of the team's small forward position.

Therefore, Granger cannot be sold...

The only one that can be sold is Paul. Apart from revealing some information to Rondo, Richard has not publicly said that he wants to trade Paul, so no team has contacted Richard about the transaction.

However, as long as Richard waits until the end of the season to let the news out, I am afraid that more than half of the teams in the league will go crazy for Paul.

Such an MVP-level point guard is so young. If he can win it, no matter how high the price is, it will be quite cost-effective.

Paul is a true cornerstone player. If you build a team with him as the core, it will be easy to build a strong team.

Of course, it's hard to say how far this strong team can go in the playoffs. Anyway, the regular season record will definitely be quite good.

Currently, Richard's favorite trading target teams include the Bulls, Heat, Grizzlies and SuperSonics...

The records of these four teams are all last in the league. Among them, the Bulls won the precious No. 1 pick in the lottery meeting a few days ago. This is the biggest reason why Richard has the idea of ​​​​trading with the Bulls.

As for the Heat, the second pick they got was pretty good, and Richard still wanted to try coaching his little cousin Beasley.

The Grizzlies only picked the fifth pick in this lottery, which is definitely not comparable to the Bulls and Heat. However, the Grizzlies cannot afford to have many draft picks on hand. They currently have a lot of draft picks in stock...

Moreover, there is Kwame Brown on the Grizzlies team. This is a player that Richard must get. When the time comes, he will be included in the trade as an addition. The Grizzlies will definitely not refuse.

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After thinking about it for a while, Richard decided to wait until the offseason to contact the Grizzlies first to see what the tone was. If they were willing to pay a high price, he would sell Paul to the Grizzlies.

For a point guard of Paul's level, Richard didn't really want him to stay in the East and add an opponent out of thin air.

Selling to the West would be the best choice...

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A week later, the Western Conference Finals between the Spurs and the Lakers ended. The Lakers finally won this brutal Western Conference Finals. The two sides played until the last three minutes to decide the winner...

Parker retired injured and left the game, and the Lakers got lucky.